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Dec 31, 2015
Ocean Wave Statistics from FNWC Spectral Analyses
Authors: Warren C. Thompson and F. Michael ReynoldsAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1976
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Climatological wave data that may be shoaled and refracted from a deep-water wave station can be compiled in two forms from spectral ocean wave analyses produced by the Fleet Numerical Weather Central at Monterey, California: (1) significant wave statistics, which are similar to statistical tables currently in use, and (2) spectral element statistics, which give the frequency of occurrence of energy densities contained in a matrix of 15 frequency bands and 12 direction bands. Experimental formats of both types of statistical compilations are presented, their properties are examined, and the coastal engineering applications of these statistics are discussed.
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Coastal Engineering 1976
Pages: 238 - 257
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© 1977 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 31, 2015
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Warren C. Thompson
Professor of Oceanography
U. S. Navy Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California 93940
F. Michael Reynolds
Lieutenant
U. S. Navy Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California 93940
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